So we had another game today, this time I was the good side, taking Gandalf, Radagast, Thranduil, Haldir (Defender of Helms Deep), Gildor (I forgot Rumil) and Floi, with 23 Wood Elves (8 Spears, 8 Throwing Daggers, 7 Bows), 12 Galadhrim (4 Shields, 4 Spears, 3 Bows) and 5 Khazad Guard. I was up against Gorbag, 2 Black Guard Captains, a Troll Chieftain and a Mordor Uruk-Hai Captain with Bow, with about 25(?) Morannon Orcs, 8 Black Guard, 2 Orc Banner Bearers, a Mordor Troll and 12 Trackers. The scenario was Lords of Battle.
The game started off going well for me, Gandalf used Blinding Light to prevent the Trackers from doing too much damage to the lightly armoured Wood Elves, whilst my archers took down 4 Black Guard with Throwing Weapons and their bows, with Thranduil shooting an arrow straight into Gorbag's eye
(although he passed his Fate roll
) I didn't really think about shooting everything I had at Gorbag and the Black Guard Captains, even though they were in the front rank.
After a few turns of shooting (and two Orc Trackers jumping off a building and falling to their death) later, and combat was reached. Radagast and Gandalf (and Gildor to some extent) kept both Trolls immobilised for the majority of the game, the Troll Chieftain only had one turn where it wasn't immobilised and at that point in time a Wood Elf had charged bravely into four Morannon Orcs nearby, stopping it from getting through the gap. I tasked Gildor and four Galadhrim with taking out the Mordor Troll, whilst four Wood Elves moved to deal with the Chieftain, managing to deal a wound to each of them - at one point the immobilised Troll managed to win combat against Gildor and the Galadhrim
The rest of my line was getting annihilated - I lost about 8 Elves a turn, with my Khazad Guard and heroes managing to kill around 12 Orcs/Black Guard in total over the course of the game (Haldir and Thranduil teaming up to take out a Black Guard captain and a spear supported Thranduil hammering the arrow into Gorbag's head) but eventually I was broken. Haldir and Radagast both failed a Courage Test, using a Will Point to make sure they passed it, whilst Floi (who still had 2 Will points left) and Gildor both fled the battle. The game ended before I had even managed to break the Mordor army - I think I won more combats when using my Dwarves against a Shade
SouthernDunedain = 2
Chris GOM = 1
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I definitely need to pick up more Fell Beasts if I try this army again
it is rather amusing how ineffective archery can be sometimes. My last game however, my Elven archers were the top players, raking in kill after kill. You never know how it'll turn out 
but alas, it was certainly no fail.
(and run away